The European Commission /European Social Fund, an international consortium of academics, consultants and quality experts have developed a new generation management framework, and a set of stakeholder oriented (measurement) tools. This ECSF framework is able to support companies in demonstrating >>> read more
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Media must improve accountability for brain print
Source: Sustainability, 17 June 2004A new report by SustainAbility and WWF-UK, Through the Looking Glass: Corporate Responsibility in the Media & Entertainment Sector, calls for media and entertainment companies to be more transparent and accountable for their brain print on society. The biggest players >>> read more
Ashridge research offers practical guide to Corporate Responsibility
Source: Ashridge Business School, 14 June 2004Corporate Responsibility (CR) must be relevant to individual businesses according to new research from Ashridge, one of the worlds leading business schools, carried out in association with the British Quality Foundation (BQF). Other key findings reveal that for CR to >>> read more
Facility Sustainability Reporting Draft Guidance Launched for Public Review and Comment
Source: CERES, 11 June 2004CERES and the Tellus Institute released the draft guidance for facility-level sustainability reporting for public comment. All interested parties are encouraged to submit comments through September 10, 2004. The Draft Facility Reporting Guidance is the product of the Facility Reporting >>> read more
FEE calls for action on CSR Reporting
Source: FEE, 11 June 2004The European Federation of Accountants, FEE, is today calling on the European Commissions Multi-stakeholder Forum to give Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting the same level of recognition as financial reporting. CSR reporting typically sees corporations reporting on their economic, social >>> read more
EABIS Launches Europes First Directory of Education, Training and Research on CSR and Business in Society
Source: EABIS, 10 June 2004The European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) today launched Europes first on-line directory of education, training and research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business in society (BiS. Covering MBA programmes, executive education and under-graduate courses in Europes business >>> read more
GRI Mining and Metals Sector Supplement available for public comment
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 8 June 2004In 2003 GRI and the International Council for Mining and Metals (ICMM) convened a multi-stakeholder working group with the purpose of developing a Mining and Metals Sector Supplement to the 2002 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. A draft of the Supplement is >>> read more
ACCA presents its first Sustainability Reporting Awards to winners in Hong Kong
Source: ACCA, 1 June 2004ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Hong Kong hosted the ACCA HK Awards for Sustainability Reporting in Island Shangri-La Hotel today. MTR Corporation Limited , Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited , Architectural Services Department and Hong Kong >>> read more
UK Prepares To Mandate Environmental and Social Reporting
Source: Institutionalshareowner.com, 31 May 2004Proposed guidelines for Operating and Financial Review reports require British company directors to discuss the effects of social and environmental issues on business. Mandatory corporate reporting on social and environmental issues is stalled in limbo in the US, but it >>> read more
GRI News update May 2004
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 26 May 2004May 2004 news update of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Public comments invited: Health and Safety Technical Protocol 5/10/2004 With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, GRI is developing a technical protocol for each of the six health >>> read more
ISO launches Web site to support international conference on social responsibility
Source: ISO, 25 May 2004ISO (International Organization for Standardization) has launched a Web site – www.iso.org/sr – to support the International Conference on Social Responsibility that it is holding on 21-22 June 2004 in Stockholm, Sweden As well as addressing the practical aspects of >>> read more
GRI welcomes ISO’s first steps in SR field
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 15 May 2004The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today welcomed the release by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) of the report on social responsibility prepared by its multi-stakeholder Advisory Group on Social Responsibility (SR) . The report responds to a mandate from >>> read more